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U.S. Speeds Its Selloff of Bailout Securities

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Gregory Zuckerman and

Serena Ng

Updated July 23, 2012 4:15 p.m. ET

The U.S. government is speeding up efforts to sell billions of dollars of remaining assets that were acquired in the controversial bailout of the financial system four years ago, according to investors and government officials.

The Treasury Department and Federal Reserve are planning to sell assets ranging from bank shares to troubled mortgage securities as part of a final push to extricate the government from the aid doled out in the financial meltdown.